Children under institutional care: 1923.
Subtitle: Statistics of dependent, neglected, and delinquent children in institutions and under the supervision of other agencies for the care of children with a section on adults in certain types of institutions.
Contributors: Hunt, William Chamberlin, 1856-1929.; Dillenback, Mary W.; Nall, Corinne T.; Eaton, Edith.
Publisher: Govt. print. off.
Published: 1927
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
Subjects: Children -- Hospitals.; Child welfare -- United States.
Description: This is the fifth federal census of institutions for children, such a census having been taken for the first time in 1880.
Notes: At head of title: Department of commerce. Herbert Hoover, secretary. Bureau of the census. W. M. Steuart, director.

This is the fifth federal census of institutions for children, such a census having been taken for the first time in 1880. Prepared under the supervision of William C. Hunt, chief statistician for population, assisted by Mary W. Dillenback, Corinne T. Nall and Edith Eaton. cf. p. 1.

Previous censuses of institutional population chiefly concerned paupers in almshouses.